Water Filters

Water filters can have a much larger effect on the body than you may
realise. With more undesirable contaminates either being found or added
to our drinking water, the use of water filters not only make the
water taste better they also help to eliminate the potentially harmful
chemicals that are present.

Here is an article by Dr. Zoltan P. Rona MD MSc

Rethinking Chlorinated Tap WaterHow Safe is the Water You Drink?

"Most people never give it a thought. After all, our elected public
officials keep assuring us that chlorinated city tap water is
completely safe for human consumption."

Numerous scientific studies,
however, report that chlorinated tap water is a skin irritant and can be
associated with rashes like eczema.

Chlorinated water can
destroy polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E in the body, while
generating toxins capable of free radical damage (oxidation). This
might explain why supplementation of the diet with essential fatty
acids like flax seed oil, evening primrose oil, borage oil and
antioxidants like vitamin E, selenium and others helps so many cases of
eczema and dry skin.

Chlorinated water destroys much of the
intestinal flora, the friendly bacteria that helps in the digestion of
food and which protects the body from harmful pathogens. These bacteria
are also responsible for the manufacture of several important vitamins
like vitamin B12 and vitamin K.

It is not uncommon for chronic
digestive disorders as well aschronic skin conditions like acne,
psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema to clear up or be significantly
improved by switching to unchlorinated drinking water and supplementing
the diet with lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus.

Chlorinated
water contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes, which are
carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with organic
compounds in water.

These chemicals, also known as
organochlorides, do not degrade well and are generally stored in the
fatty tissues of the body (breast, other fatty areas, mothers' milk,
blood and semen). Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA,
suppress immune system function and interfere with the natural
controls of cell growth.

Chlorine has been documented to aggravate
asthma, especially in those children who make frequent use of
chlorinated swimming pools. Several studies also link chlorine and
chlorinated by-products to a greater incidence of bladder, breast and
bowel cancer, as well as malignant melanoma. One study even links the
use of chlorinated tap water to congenital cardiac anomalies.

Anything
you can do to filter tap and shower water that eliminates or even
minimises chlorine would certainly be helpful, and possibly even
curative for some immune system problems. The use of at source water
filtration devices is increasingly popular and affordable."